TY - JOUR AU - Dressel, Holger AU - Filser, Laura AU - Fischer, Rainald AU - Marten, Katharina AU - Müller-Lisse, Ullrich AU - de la Motte, Dorothea AU - Nowak, Dennis AU - Huber, Rudolf M. AU - Jörres, Rudolf A. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06/16 TI - Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in relation to morphological changes as assessed by computed tomography in patients with cystic fibrosis JO - BMC Pulmonary Medicine SP - 30 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Due to large-scale destruction, changes in membrane diffusion (Dm) may occur in cystic fibrosis (CF), in correspondence to alterations observed by computed tomography (CT). Dm can be easily quantified via the diffusing capacity for nitric oxide (DLNO), as opposed to the conventional diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). We thus studied the relationship between DLNO as well as DLCO and a CF-specific CT score in patients with stable CF. SN - 1471-2466 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-9-30 DO - 10.1186/1471-2466-9-30 ID - Dressel2009 ER -